After Historic Union Wins, Farmworkers in New York Face Stiff Resistance to Organizing
الملخص
Date Reported: 8 مايو 2024
الموقع: الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
الشركات
Cahoon Farms - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - جامايكا , الزراعة والمواشي , Men , Documented migrants ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - المكسيك , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
حرية تكوين الجمعيات , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , الترهيب والتهديد , Dismissalالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
الإجراءات المتخذة: Cahoon Farms did nor respond to journalists' request for comment.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 8 مايو 2024
الموقع: الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
الشركات
A&J Kirby Farms - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - المكسيك , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - جامايكا , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
حرية تكوين الجمعياتالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The Resource Centre was not able to contact Kirby Farms to invite a response to the allegations; if a response is received in future this will be updated accordingly.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 8 مايو 2024
الموقع: الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
الشركات
Lynn-Ette & Sons - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - المكسيك , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - جامايكا , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
حرية تكوين الجمعيات , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: Charges were filed by the United Farm Workers Union (an unfair labour practice charge).
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 8 مايو 2024
الموقع: الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
الشركات
Wafler Farms - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - المكسيك - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - جامايكا , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
حرية تكوين الجمعيات , Freedom of Assembly , Right to Unionisation , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
الإجراءات المتخذة: Wafler Farms did not respond to the Resource Centre.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
...After the Farm Laborers and Fair Labor Practices Act took effect in 2020, five apple and vegetable farms, including Cahoon, voted to unionize…
The new law, however, grants H-2A visa holders and undocumented laborers the right to unionize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing…
But the growers of the previously five unionized companies — Wafler Farms in Wolcott, Porpiglia Farms in Marlboro, Kirby Farms in Albion, Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms in Kent, and Cahoon Farms, where C.A. was recruited — have avoided negotiations with intimidation tactics, according to complaints filed by the UFW. The NYS Vegetable Growers Association and four of the five unionized farms, including Cahoon, also filed a lawsuit to prevent negotiations. Cahoon Farms did nor respond to a request for comment.
According to charges filed by the UFW at the Public Employment Relations Board of New York in 2023, owners of the Porpiglia Farms broke into workers living spaces without permission and physically intimidated a lone female union organizer … At Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms, an owner demanded an organizer to leave and threatened to have her arrested, while at Wafler Farms, an owner directed a profanity-laced rant at his workers caught on video last September…